In a rapidly rotating environment, if you pour a drink it will go sideways… or turn your head and it will so disturb your inner ear you get extreme vertigo and nausea. It is called canal sickness and why very long tethers are really the only practical option for artificial gravity. Simply walking and operatingContinue reading “SPACE and Musk”
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I doubt this will get posted on The Space Review. If so, then fine. If not, also fine. I am not happy about doing this, but I want it out there. A “true” Space Station provides a Near Sea Level Radiation 1 Gravity (NSLR1G) environment for long duration missions Beyond Low Earth Orbit (BLEO). DosingContinue reading “Last Comments…maybe”
More Speculative Futurism
Artificial gravity only solves half of the dosing and debilitation problem. For any progress in Human Space Flight to happen a sea change regarding radiation shielding is required. As we set sail on this new sea we are going to have to take our own little ocean with us. This fundamental change is accepting massiveContinue reading “More Speculative Futurism”
Ice on the Moon 